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The bar chart shows the divorce rates in two European countries from 2011 to 2015.

The Bar chart provides information about the percentages of divorces in Finland and Sweden between 2001 and 2005. Overall, Sweden experienced a downward trend, while Finland showed an upward trend throughout the period. Both Countries divorce rates had some fluctuations. Although Finland initially had a lower rate, it outraced Sweden at the end of the period. Sweden’s divorce rate was about 45% in 2011, being the higher than Finland’s rate by approximately 8%. Then it rose to almost 50% in 2012. However, the figure showed a gradual decrease to about 47% in 2013, and continued to decline steadily to the end of the period, reaching around 45% in 2014 and hitting a low-point of about 37% in 2015. Percentages of divorces in Finland was less than 40% in 2011, and it decreased in 2012, when about one third of marriages in Finland ended with a divorce. However, the figure experienced a steady growth during the next two years. It rose to approximately 39% in 2013, then increased by around 3% in 2014, and remained steady for the next two year, outracing the rate of Sweden.

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